NationMaster - School enrollment, preprimary > % gross (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.

Education Statistics > School enrollment, preprimary > % gross (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

Date

East Timor:

382.52 % gross

2005 ...

Belgium:

116.3 % gross

2004 ...

Estonia:

114.35 % gross

2004 ...

France:

113.52 % gross

2004 ...

Cuba:

112.89 % gross

2005 ...

Andorra:

112.88 % gross

2005 ...

Netherlands Antilles:

112.85 % gross

2003 ...

Israel:

111.99 % gross

2004 ...

Spain:

111.47 % gross

2004 ...

#10

Malaysia:

107.53 % gross

2003 ...

#11

Czech Republic:

107.43 % gross

2004 ...

#12

Guyana:

106.27 % gross

2004 ...

#13

Belarus:

104.69 % gross

2005 ...

#14

Liechtenstein:

104.64 % gross

2004 ...

#15

Malta:

103.92 % gross

2004 ...

#16

Italy:

102.7 % gross

2004 ...

#17

Ireland:

102.62 % gross

1991 ...

#18

Australia:

102.41 % gross

2004 ...

#19

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

101.68 % gross

2005 ...

#20

Seychelles:

101.51 % gross

2004 ...

#21

Aruba:

98.77 % gross

2005 ...

#22

Germany:

96.77 % gross

2004 ...

#23

Mauritius:

95.48 % gross

2005 ...

#24

Switzerland:

94.51 % gross

2004 ...

#25

Iceland:

94.4 % gross

2004 ...

#26

Barbados:

93.16 % gross

2005 ...

#27

Cayman Islands:

92.99 % gross

2005 ...

#28

Jamaica:

92.48 % gross

2004 ...

#29

New Zealand:

92.41 % gross

2004 ...

#30

Macau:

92.16 % gross

2005 ...

#31

Slovakia:

92.1 % gross

2004 ...

#32

Denmark:

90.66 % gross

2004 ...

#33

Korea, South:

90.65 % gross

2005 ...

#34

Thailand:

90.28 % gross

2005 ...

#35

Austria:

89.31 % gross

2004 ...

#36

Suriname:

89.13 % gross

2005 ...

#37

Netherlands:

88.88 % gross

2004 ...

#38

Trinidad and Tobago:

85.81 % gross

2005 ...

#39

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

85.81 % gross

2005 ...

#40

Ukraine:

85.74 % gross

2005 ...

#41

Norway:

85.28 % gross

2004 ...

#42

Sweden:

85.11 % gross

2004 ...

#43

Japan:

84.81 % gross

2004 ...

#44

Russia:

84.71 % gross

2004 ...

#45

Mexico:

84.29 % gross

2004 ...

#46

Luxembourg:

83.34 % gross

2004 ...

#47

Hungary:

81.06 % gross

2004 ...

#48

Grenada:

80.57 % gross

2005 ...

#49

Latvia:

79.33 % gross

2004 ...

#50

Slovenia:

78.71 % gross

2004 ...

#51

Bulgaria:

77.82 % gross

2004 ...

#52

Dominica:

77.58 % gross

2005 ...

#53

Ecuador:

76.53 % gross

2005 ...

#54

Romania:

75.57 % gross

2004 ...

#55

Portugal:

75.52 % gross

2004 ...

#56

Kiribati:

74.62 % gross

2004 ...

#57

Lebanon:

74.13 % gross

2005 ...

#58

Saint Lucia:

73.64 % gross

2005 ...

#59

Kuwait:

72.93 % gross

2005 ...

#60

Costa Rica:

68.69 % gross

2005 ...

#61

Hong Kong:

68.55 % gross

2005 ...

#62

Canada:

67.56 % gross

2002 ...

#63

Brazil:

67.54 % gross

2003 ...

#64

Greece:

66.23 % gross

2004 ...

#65

Lithuania:

64.36 % gross

2004 ...

#66

United Arab Emirates:

64.34 % gross

2005 ...

#67

Palau:

63.59 % gross

2005 ...

#68

Moldova:

62.35 % gross

2005 ...

#69

Argentina:

61.98 % gross

2003 ...

#70

United States:

61.93 % gross

2004 ...

#71

Panama:

61.83 % gross

2005 ...

#72

Uruguay:

61.17 % gross

2003 ...

#73

Cyprus:

60.73 % gross

2004 ...

#74

Peru:

60.46 % gross

2004 ...

#75

Vietnam:

59.67 % gross

2005 ...

#76

United Kingdom:

58.99 % gross

2004 ...

#77

Papua New Guinea:

58.79 % gross

2003 ...

#78

Finland:

58.69 % gross

2004 ...

#79

Venezuela:

58.18 % gross

2005 ...

#80

Kenya:

53.91 % gross

2005 ...

#81

Morocco:

53.65 % gross

2005 ...

#82

Cape Verde:

53.65 % gross

2005 ...

#83

Poland:

52.51 % gross

2004 ...

#84

Brunei:

52.15 % gross

2005 ...

#85

Liberia:

52.09 % gross

2000 ...

#86

Vanuatu:

51.87 % gross

2002 ...

#87

Chile:

51.67 % gross

2004 ...

#88

Georgia:

50.87 % gross

2005 ...

#89

El Salvador:

50.62 % gross

2005 ...

#90

Pakistan:

50.47 % gross

2005 ...

#91

Bolivia:

49.64 % gross

2005 ...

#92

Marshall Islands:

49.62 % gross

2003 ...

#93

Albania:

49.47 % gross

2004 ...

#94

Samoa:

49.37 % gross

2004 ...

#95

Maldives:

49.18 % gross

2005 ...

#96

Croatia:

47.9 % gross

2004 ...

#97

Bahrain:

46.83 % gross

2005 ...

#98

Iran:

45.54 % gross

2005 ...

#99

Serbia and Montenegro:

43.71 % gross

2001 ...

#100

Zimbabwe:

43.2 % gross

2003 ...

#101

Ghana:

41.56 % gross

2005 ...

#102

Equatorial Guinea:

40.93 % gross

2005 ...

#103

Solomon Islands:

40.77 % gross

2003 ...

#104

Mongolia:

40.03 % gross

2005 ...

#105

Philippines:

39.94 % gross

2004 ...

#106

Colombia:

39.23 % gross

2005 ...

#107

South Africa:

37.46 % gross

2004 ...

#108

Nicaragua:

36.92 % gross

2005 ...

#109

Micronesia, Federated States of:

36.89 % gross

1999 ...

#110

Qatar:

36.47 % gross

2005 ...

#111

China:

36.01 % gross

2004 ...

#112

India:

35.88 % gross

2004 ...

#113

Nepal:

35.69 % gross

2005 ...

#114

Haiti:

34.17 % gross

1991 ...

#115

Kazakhstan:

33.94 % gross

2005 ...

#116

Dominican Republic:

33.83 % gross

2005 ...

#117

Lesotho:

33.52 % gross

2005 ...

#118

Honduras:

32.88 % gross

2004 ...

#119

Armenia:

32.67 % gross

2005 ...

#120

São Tomé and Príncipe:

32.19 % gross

2005 ...

#121

Macedonia, Republic of:

32.14 % gross

2004 ...

#122

Paraguay:

31.34 % gross

2003 ...

#123

Bahamas, The:

30.88 % gross

2003 ...

#124

Jordan:

29.64 % gross

2004 ...

#125

Azerbaijan:

29.16 % gross

2005 ...

#126

Namibia:

28.86 % gross

2004 ...

#127

Tanzania:

28.73 % gross

2005 ...

#128

Guatemala:

28.5 % gross

2005 ...

#129

Belize:

28.19 % gross

2005 ...